If you're honest with yourself, it would be fitting if Joe Tait spent his last season behind the mic calling beatdown after beatdown of the post-LeBron Cavs.

Tait cut his broadcasting teeth on some of the worst NBA basketball ever put to the airwaves, which helped him elevate the sarcastic quip into an art form. And now, he might finish his career doing what he has always done best: make crappy basketball seem somehow listenable.

papacass wrote:If you're honest with yourself, it would be fitting if Joe Tait spent his last season behind the mic calling beatdown after beatdown of the post-LeBron Cavs.

Tait cut his broadcasting teeth on some of the worst NBA basketball ever put to the airwaves, which helped him elevate the sarcastic quip into an art form. And now, he might finish his career doing what he has always done best: make crappy basketball seem somehow listenable.

I think I have "Kenny Carr, line to the lane, got it" etched in my mind courtesy of Joe Tait.

"It's all about winning for me, and I think the Cavs are committed to doing that," he said. "But at the same time I've given myself options to this point, and like I said before, me and my team, we have a game plan that we're going to execute, and we'll see what we get."

fundamentals wrote:I think I have "Kenny Carr, line to the lane, got it" etched in my mind courtesy of Joe Tait.

"Sites it, shoots it, got it "

And the infamous, "Have a goodnight, everrrybody"

Yes sir. "Nothin' but cotton"

I remember listening to a game waaaaaaay back, think it went into quadruple overtime against the Lakers where I thought Joe Tait was the greatest. That thought hasn't changed over the years.

"It's all about winning for me, and I think the Cavs are committed to doing that," he said. "But at the same time I've given myself options to this point, and like I said before, me and my team, we have a game plan that we're going to execute, and we'll see what we get."

I remember listening to Joe Tait call the Cavs games during the Miracle of Richfield season. I'd listen on my little radio in the bedroom, hoping my mom wouldn't hear. Joe painted the pictures of the game going on so well. It's nice to listen to him now and know that he calls the game the same way he did 35 years ago.

The calls of "BINGO! Bobby Smith with 2 more""It's basketball time here at the Coliseum/Gund Arena/The Q""To the line, to the lane.....goodUse of the term, between the circles.And of course..."Have a good niiiight, everybody"

The fact that on the radio he has never caved and added a color analyst speaks volumes to him and the way he broadcasts a game.

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

jb wrote:About 1977 or so and kareem scored about a million points but we won?

I think I found it:

Cavaliers beat Lakers 154-153 in four overtimes January 29, 1980 The Cavaliers had a busy off-season before the 1979-80 campaign, including naming Stan Albeck as the new head coach. That year, the Cavaliers played one of the most incredible ballgames ever witnessed at the Coliseum, a 154-153 quadruple overtime win over the World Champion Lakers. Four Cavaliers -- Mike Mitchell, Dave Robisch and Randy Smith -- scored 30+ points in the epic victory

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"It's all about winning for me, and I think the Cavs are committed to doing that," he said. "But at the same time I've given myself options to this point, and like I said before, me and my team, we have a game plan that we're going to execute, and we'll see what we get."

jb wrote:About 1977 or so and kareem scored about a million points but we won?

I think I found it:

Cavaliers beat Lakers 154-153 in four overtimes January 29, 1980 The Cavaliers had a busy off-season before the 1979-80 campaign, including naming Stan Albeck as the new head coach. That year, the Cavaliers played one of the most incredible ballgames ever witnessed at the Coliseum, a 154-153 quadruple overtime win over the World Champion Lakers. Four Cavaliers -- Mike Mitchell, Dave Robisch and Randy Smith -- scored 30+ points in the epic victory

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Randy Smith is one of my fav unsung cavs of all time. Nice player with Buffalo / SD IIRC and one of those solid career professionals in an era with lots of goofballs.

Sorry to TreeDawgJack the thread, but that team is yet another that had just enough players to keep us mired in mediocrity.

Stepien fixed that pronto. Unfortunately he forgot to keep the dang draft picks!

The Cavs started their initial year (1970) with a long road trip...I believe it was 7 games. There were three expansion teams that year..the Cavs, the Buffalo Braves, later to become the San Diego, and then LA, Clippers, and the Portland Trail Blazers.The Cavs started the season in Buffalo, lost, and then went on a long west coast trip.Tait was not the broadcaster at the beginning of the season...I can't remember who was, but Tait did not start broadcasting until the Cavs returned home, as I recall.

Everyone knows Tait did Indians games for years, but he also broadcast some Cleveland Barons games in the spring of 1971. Tait had nearly no experience broadcasting hockey, and while he wasn't Dan Kelly or Mike Emrick, he was pretty good.

Early in his career, Tait complained a lot about the officiating, with the Cavs always on the short end of the stick...as he got older, he did less and less complaining, and in recent years, I rarely heard him say much about the officiating.

The ALS Assocation of Northern Ohio is honoring Joe this year with the Iron Horse Award on May 19th at its annual Strike Out ALS Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction at Progessives Field in the Club Lounge. I can just here his speach. "I am humblend and honored to get this award. Thank you and have a good night everyone."

Come one, come all for a great night of food and extraordinary silent auction items.